Stealthy Steps (Nanostealth - Book 1)

Publisher Marketing: My name is Gemma Keyes. Other than my name, I am utterly forgettable-so those who never paid much attention to me in the first place haven't exactly noticed that I've disappeared. Vanished. Oh, it's much more complicated than it sounds. And let me tell you, "invisibility comes with its own set of problems." I should tell you about Dr. Samuel Bickel, world-renowned nanophysicist. We used to work together, but I'll be candid with you: "He's supposed to be dead." Well, he's "not." (Imagine my surprise.) Instead of the proverbial "six feet under," he's subsisting in an abandoned devolution cavern beneath the old Manzano Weapons Storage Facility on Kirtland Air Force Base here in Albuquerque. "I need to show you what I'm protecting here, Gemma," he insisted. I stared into the clear glass case. I could hear . . . humming, clicking, buzzing. A faint haze inside the box shifted. Dissolved. Came back together. It reminded me of how mercury, when released on a plate, will flow and form new shapes. Only this, this "thing" was "flowing and forming" "in midair." "Do you see them?" Dr. Bickel asked. "Them?" I was confused. My mouth opened to a stunned "o" as the silver haze resolved into blue letters. H E L L O Dr. Bickel hadn't pressed any buttons. Hadn't said anything to them. Hadn't gestured. He grinned. "Ah. They've noticed you. They know they haven't seen you before." "Well, I wish they "wouldn't" notice me!" And I need to warn you about General Cushing. The rank and name likely conjure images of a lean but muscled old soldier, posture rigid, face cemented in unyielding lines, iron-gray hair cut high and tight. "Let me disabuse you of that impression." General Imogene Cushing is short and a tiny bit plump. "She" wears her silvered hair in an elegant braid knotted at the nape of her neck, and she knows how to smile sweetly. "With the deadliest of sharks.." You wouldn't suspect a two-star general, "an Air Force O-8," of being a traitor, would you? Nanostealth "Stealthy Steps" "Stealth Power," 2016 "Stealth Beyond Borders," 2017 Contributor Bio:  Kestell, Vikki Vikki Kestell's passion for people and their stories is evident in her readers' affection for her characters and unusual plotlines. Two often repeated sentiments are, "I feel like I know these people" and "I'm right there, in the book, experiencing what the characters experience." Vikki holds a Ph. D. in Organizational Learning and Instructional Technologies. She left a career of twenty-plus years in government, academia, and corporate life to pursue writing full time. "Writing is the best job ever," she admits, "and the most demanding." Also an accomplished speaker and teacher, Vikki and her husband Conrad Smith make their home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. To keep abreast of new book releases, visit her website, http: //www.vikkikestell.com/, or find her on Facebook, http: //www.facebook.com/TheWritingOfVikkiKestell.